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Kiti Karoliina Kokkonen (born 4 October 1974 in
Helsinki Helsinki () is the Capital city, capital and most populous List of cities and towns in Finland, city in Finland. It is on the shore of the Gulf of Finland and is the seat of southern Finland's Uusimaa region. About people live in the municipali ...
, Finland) is a Finnish film and television actress,
voice actress Voice acting is the art of Acting, performing a character or providing information to an audience with one's voice. Performers are often called voice actors/actresses in addition to other names. Examples of voice work include animation, animated, ...
and writer. She has been the artistic director of ("Finnish Comedy Theatre") since February 2010. She is the daughter of film director
Ere Kokkonen Erkki Olavi "Ere" Kokkonen (7 July 1938 – 16 October 2008), born in Savonlinna, was a Finnish film director and screenwriter. He worked closely with Spede Pasanen all the way from the 1960s until Spede's death, as a director, writer and also ...
and actress
Titta Jokinen Titta Jokinen (born 23 February 1951 in Kalanti, Finland) is a Finnish actress. Career Jokinen has appeared in both Finnish film and television since 1973. She appeared in the 1983 James Bond spoof ''Agent 000 and the Deadly Curves'' opposi ...
.


Career

Early in her career, Kokkonen acted in for a few years without any actual training in the theater industry. Since then, Kokkonen has performed in the
revue A revue is a type of multi-act popular theatre, theatrical entertainment that combines music, dance, and sketch comedy, sketches. The revue has its roots in 19th century popular entertainment and melodrama but grew into a substantial cultural pre ...
s of Suomen Komediateatteri, among other places. She has acted in small supporting roles in the '' Vääpeli Körmy'' and ''
Uuno Turhapuro Uuno Turhapuro is a Finnish comedy character and antihero created by Spede Pasanen and played by Vesa-Matti Loiri. Originally appearing in ''Spede Show'' during 1971–1973, the character gained popularity through the Uuno Turhapuro films. Hi ...
'' film series, and has made a number of
voice acting Voice acting is the art of performing a character or providing information to an audience with one's voice. Performers are often called voice actors/actresses in addition to other names. Examples of voice work include animated, off-stage, off-sc ...
roles. Kokkonen played her first lead role in the 2020 comedy film '' The Renovation'', directed by Taneli Mustonen. In 2018, Kokkonen starred in
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's
sketch comedy Sketch comedy comprises a series of short, amusing scenes or vignettes, called "sketches" or, "skits", commonly between one and ten minutes long, performed by a group of comic actors or comedians. While the form developed and became popular in ...
television show ''
Putous (as internationally ''Comedy Combat'') is a Finnish sketch comedy Sketch comedy comprises a series of short, amusing scenes or vignettes, called "sketches" or, "skits", commonly between one and ten minutes long, performed by a group of ...
'', where she played several small roles and her best-known character. She won a playful sketch character contest with her Tanhupallo.


Selected filmography

* '' Uuno in Spain'' (1985) * '' Uuno Turhapuro Moves to the Country'' (1986) * ''
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'' (1986) * '' A Charming Mass Suicide'' (2000) * ''
Uuno Turhapuro – This Is My Life ''Uuno Turhapuro – This Is My Life'' is a 2004 Finnish comedy film, made as a tribute to Spede Pasanen. It is the twentieth and last installment in the Uuno Turhapuro film series. Plot Uuno disguises as an old man and infiltrates a nursi ...
'' (2004) * '' The Magic Crystal'' (2011) * '' Swingers'' (2018) * '' The Renovation'' (2020)


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* 1974 births Living people People from Helsinki Finnish film actresses Finnish voice actresses Finnish television actresses Finnish women writers {{Finland-actor-stub